Lorde sets release date for new album Melodrama, melodramatically shares new trackLorde sets release date for new album Melodrama, melodramatically shares new track

Ella Yelich-O’Connor, the New Zealand-born singer/performer known as Lorde — or as I like to call her: “The Sonic Youth of Taylor Swifts” — has had quite a “charmed” ride since breaking out in 2003 with her debut Pure Heroine. But as any kid who’s ever paid ANY REAL ATTENTION to Disney’s Aladdin can tell you: fame and fortune are not all they’re cracked-up to be, dear readers. All the magazine covers, the huge festival gigs, the Grammy nods, the The Hunger Games soundtrackery, the constant hanging-out with Nirvana… these things take their toll, man! There’s just so much pressure. So much nodding and smiling. So many egos. So much… MELODRAMA. Hell, if only there was a way to make money off of THAT, right? Ha… Oh. Wait. THERE IS.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you: Melodrama, Lorde’s sophomore album. She’s already kicked off melodramatic levels of hysteria with the release of the video for the album’s first single “Green Light.” And now, she’s revealed the new album’s cover, announced an official June 16 release date via LAVA/Republic Records, and unveiled another new track from the album, “Liability.”